Radarr: Can't import using imdb prefix

[turkeyphant]

Description:

Can't import at all using imdb: prefix.

e.g. using "imdb:tt1322932" returns noting:

There Was An Error Searching For 'Imdb: Tt1322932'. If the movie title contains non-alphanumeric characters try removing them, otherwise try your search again later.

However, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1322932/ exists.

Radarr Version:

Radarr Ver. 0.2.0.778

[jamesmacwhite]

@turkeyphant Interesting. At first I started chasing ghosts in the code on this one, but then I realised the API call is actually working.

Try testing another imdb ID e.g. tt0096895, you should find it works fine. The sample imdb ID you provided though does indeed fail, but its actually The Movie DB API not returning anything either:

https://api.themoviedb.org/3/find/tt1322932?api_key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&external_source=imdb_id (will fail)

{"movie_results":[],"person_results":[],"tv_results":[],"tv_episode_results":[],"tv_season_results":[]}

https://api.themoviedb.org/3/find/tt0096895?api_key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&external_source=imdb_id (works)

{"movie_results":[{"adult":false,"backdrop_path":"/2blmxp2pr4BhwQr74AdCfwgfMOb.jpg","genre_ids":[14,28],"id":268,"original_language":"en","original_title":"Batman","overview":"The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker, who has seized control of Gotham's underworld.","release_date":"1989-06-23","poster_path":"/kBf3g9crrADGMc2AMAMlLBgSm2h.jpg","popularity":5.618906,"title":"Batman","video":false,"vote_average":7.0,"vote_count":1956}],"person_results":[],"tv_results":[],"tv_episode_results":[],"tv_season_results":[]}

Something specific to that IMDB entry with the TMDb API by the looks of it.

[jamesmacwhite]

@turkeyphant Actually, I've just now noticed, the linked IMDb ID this is a documentary. Not a movie. Did you mean to search:

Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373051/

This works fine :)

[turkeyphant]

How are you differentiating between this documentary and all the other documentaries on IMDb you can import into Radarr?

[jamesmacwhite]

@turkeyphant To me it looked like a incorrect movie search, however if that's not the case, I apologise.

The original info however is still valid. The IMDb prefix supplied was not returning anything from the TMDb API which is why you saw that error. If you have an example of another IMDb documentary that does work, let me now.

As far as I know, the IMDb prefix searching works, the error is specific to the supplied IMDb ID.

[jamesmacwhite]

@galli-leo This needs investigating, it wasn't an incorrect movie search by OP my assumption was wrong. Here's another IMDB ID that fails tt3640710. It is a film but a documentary. That seems to be a theme here. Based on the above its the TMDb API not returning anything meaningful for these types of films.

Edit: Actually ignore that. I was being rate limited by the TMDb API, above ID does work.

[Dnkhatri]

I cant import this movie and its not a documentary
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4769482/

[jtrott]

Can't add this non documentary either. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2130117/
Also doesn't exist on tmdb.

[galli-leo]

Well if it doesn’t exist on tmdb of course it can’t be added.

[vatanparvar]

Hey guys,
I'm new to Radarr and I'm testing it to see whether it can replace CP.
So far everything seems good apart from the fact that it doesn't play well with IMDB and the decision has been made to use TMDB instead!

E.g. searching for tt2669634 (or imdb:tt2669634) returns no result.

Since IMDB is a much more comprehensive database, would someone explain to me why it's not being used by Radarr as the primary source for looking movies up?

Thank you for all your efforts, keep it up. :-)

[Dnkhatri]

Because imbd does not have an api so need to web scraping to get data off it which is more error prone and bound to break if imdb website changes a bit.. Best option if you don't find a movie is to add it to tmbd it is a hassle but if everyone does that fewer and fewer movies will be missing.

[galli-leo]

@vatanparvar Because I don't wanna pay 10000 Dollars for API access :P Also TMDB's API is a lot better. It shows a lot more info in fewer API calls. For popular movies it works fine. This is actually the first time someone has asked why we use TMDB. I think most people don't even know what service we use. Also seems like that movie doesn't exist yet on TMDB, you can always expand TMDB, which helps it in the long run.

[galli-leo]

@Dnkhatri There is an API, it's just ridiculously expensive

[RevenantOne]

I'm currently experiencing the same issue for https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9614090/ which is also a documentary. It also exists on tmdb https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/87518-i-love-you-now-die-the-commonwealth-vs-michelle-carter, however it's listed as a TV show: themoviedb.org/tv.

A quick search of for "themoviedb.org/movie" within the code returns a few results where as a search for "themoviedb.org/tv" returns nothing. Would fixing this issue be a case of detecting whether the url contains "movie" or "tv"?

(Since this is listed as TV I attempted to add it into Sonarr, which in turn uses tvdb, who specifically state documentaries such as above are not permitted.)

[paulmorabito]

I'm having exactly the same issue as @RevenantOne with the same documentary.

[TheLinuxGuy]

+1 having the same issue for tt9614090

[pholcroft]

I too was having exactly the same issue as @RevenantOne with the same documentary.

EDIT: I just fixed it. It's a mini series (2 episodes) so needs adding to sonarr. I couldn't find it by using normal words, but using the tvdb prefix worked as below.

tvdb:366337

[WeirDave]

Googling my issue and found this thread. Can't seem to find the documentary movie " Mystify: Michael Hutchence (2019)"

It's in TMDB https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/586534-mystify-michael-hutchence?language=en-US

and it's IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5938950/

But it won't find it....

[jtrott]

I just searched in Radarr for "Mystify" and the movie you are after was the top hit.

[WeirDave]

I just searched in Radarr for "Mystify" and the movie you are after was the top hit.

Hmmm well just for the heck of it I tried to search for Star Wars and it's also just spinning... how do I fix it?

I reverted back to the QNAP base file found in QNAP Club of 0.2.0.1067 by just installing over the version I have and the search function doesn't work still and the update page seems to not work either. It says "No issues with your configuration" under health...

I'm lost